State v. Cromwell

*656DE MUNIZ, J.

Defendant appeals his conviction for unlawful possession of a controlled substance. ORS 475.992. He asserts that the trial court erred by denying his motion to suppress evidence obtained from a warrantless search of the passenger compartment of his pickup truck. We affirm.

The facts are not in dispute: On January 19, 1989, Oregon State Police Officers Collins and Houlihan responded to a report of a prowler near a residence in Eugene. The resident told the officers that she had heard noises in the yard and then saw a vehicle drive down the road toward a boat landing, where the road…